On Sun, 8 Feb 2004 06:44:50 -0800 "Loren M. Lang" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I have been trying to make an iso of some dvds, an cdroms by just > copying the file /dev/acd0c, but most of the time it seems to fail > with an i/o error. I underestimated the size of a 6G dvd and ran > out of disk space before it was through, though it got to nearly 4G. > After > freeing enough diskspace an trying again I couldn't copy more than > several hundre megs before it got an i/o error. Removing and > reinserting the dvd doesn't seem to help. I can successfully copy > the dvd by mounting it and copying all the files, but I'd prefer a > straight copy of the iso image. I've had various problems doing so > with different cd/dvds, and I also had a similar problem on linux. > Since some cd/dvds work fine, and I can always successfully read it > when it's mounted, why don't all cd/dvds allow a straight copy of > the iso image? How have you been trying to copy it? AFAIK dd should work with out any probs. _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"